Shiki
Under the bed. At the window. In the courtyard at night. On the steps of the Monastery. In your town, in your neighborhood, on your street... They are shiki, they are coming, they are hungry, and they are multiplying. Containing some of the most skin-crawling imagery of any anime I've seen in the last two years, Shiki is a story about things that go bump - and chomp - in the night. Its innocent, but not innocuous, beginning sets the viewer off on a path of love, death, fear, and the fight against what seems to be insurmountable odds. We follow truly engaging characters through this path, rooting for some... See full review
School Days
Story: 9.0 I finished this series a few days ago, and although I wasn't particularly moved or even terribly enthralled by the story... I've felt the lingering touch of "School Days" in my head for a while now. It's hard to describe why these stories, and these characters, have had such a lasting effect on me. To be totally honest, I found School Days to be mediocre in most ways. The characters could have developed better, the music could have fit the scenes more appropriately, and the animation could have been more seamless; however, the story still works, even with these broken... See full review